Ah, this brings back memories -- some friends and I used to play every week for a while.

We adopted the "no first turn russian attack" house rule that was used in tournaments and elsewhere, because Russia has about an even chance to completely ruin Germany on their first turn; if the player tries that the game is basically over no matter what (if they succeed, Allies win, if they fail, Axis wins).

After several games, we tossed that rule out, because for us using it uniformly meant Russia got sliced, diced, and made into mounds and mounds of julienne fries (will anybody under 40 get that?) within about two turns.

I would like to see at least two games going at once, whether we have enough active participants to necessitate it or not. At the very least, I would like to see a new game started whenever one player has been eliminated from the ongoing game.